Connect Care Goals of Care Designation Definitions

Connect Care Goals of Care Designation (GCD) orders are matched to definitions adopted in the province of Alberta. 

R = Medical Care and Interventions, Including Resuscitation

Goals of Care directed at cure or control of a patient’s condition. The patient would desire ICU care if it was required, and would benefit from ICU if their medical condition warranted it.

R1 = Medical Care including ICU admission if required, with intubation and chest compressions

Patient is expected to benefit from, and is accepting of, any appropriate investigations and interventions that the health system can offer, including physiological support in an ICU setting if required. All appropriate supportive therapies are offered, including intubation. Chest compressions and intubation are performed during a resuscitative effort when clinically indicated.